percutio

From per- +‎ quatiō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈku.ti.oː/, [pɛrˈkʊt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈkut.t͡si.o/, [perˈkut̪ː͡s̪io]

percutiō (present infinitive percutere, perfect active percussī, supine percussum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to strike, beat

   Synonyms: dēcutiō, percello, pello, ferio, discutio, pulsō, accido, affligo, tango, impingo, ico, verbero

2. to make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock

   Synonyms: attono, miro, perterreo, terreo

3. to kill

   Synonyms: neco, caedo, obtruncō, perago, interficio, trucīdō, occido, eneco, perimō, interimō, conficio, sōpiō, dēiciō, iugulō, tollo, absūmō, cōnsūmō

4. to pierce, thrust, or punch through

   Synonyms: trānsfīgō, peragō, intrō, trāiciō, trānsigō, cōnfodiō, fodiō, fīgō

5. to conclude a treaty

   Synonyms: pacīscor, ī̆cō, pangō, feriō

• impercussus
• percussiō

• “percutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “percutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• percutio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• percutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be struck by lightning: de caelo tangi, percuti
    
  • to beat one's brow: frontem ferire, percutere
    
  • to execute a person, cut off his head: securi percutere, ferire aliquem
    
  • the battering-ram strikes the wall: aries murum attingit, percutit
    
  • to charge, ram a boat: navem rostro percutere